No One Likes Us, We Don't Care
No One Likes Us, We Don't Care (Nobody likes us, we don't care) is the fan song of the fans of Millwall FC, London . It is sung to the tune of Rod Stewart's song Sailing . Millwall fans sing it at the start of the game or when a goal is scored. He is central to the identity of Millwall fans and is well known throughout English football.
The song gained its popularity in the 1980s following the rioting in the Millwall Cup game against Luton, in which 81 were injured. The song alludes to Millwall's notorious reputation as a hooligan club , and celebrates being an outsider. The complete text reads:
No one likes us, no one likes us
No one likes us, we don't care!
We are Millwall, super Millwall
We are Millwall from The Den !
In Millwall, the song is associated with the club, so an important fanzine No one likes us , another Some One Likes Us , as well as the standard work on the club's fan culture refer to it. Another book about the club bears the same title, as does a Millwall documentary from 1990. During the 2011 riots in London , Millwall fans joined forces with other football fans from south London to protect their neighborhoods by singing No One Loots Us .
In Glasgow , the song line was adopted by the Glasgow Rangers fans . On the one hand, they emphasize their close ties to England and , on the other hand, the outsiders within the Scottish fan scene. Like Millwall fans, Rangers fans feel they are being unjustifiably reviled by the press, while their local rivals Celtic Glasgow are the media darlings.
Since it became internationally known through Millwall, the song has gone through numerous variations. In England, for example, the unloved clubs FC Wimbledon and Milton Keynes Dons sing it , Nick Hornby uses the song in Fever Pitch for FC Arsenal , in Germany, for example, the fans of FC St. Pauli sing it .
The special connection to hooligans in this millennium was shown, among other things, by the 2002 BBC documentary about hooligans, which was entitled No One Likes Us .
The slogan has become proverbial in the British media. It has already been used to describe investment bankers, such as the Chinese delegation to international climate negotiations or the former British Labor leader Ed Miliband .
Remarks
- ↑ a b Les Back, Tim Crabbe, John Solomos: The changing face of football: racism, identity and multiculture in the English game Berg, 2001 ISBN 1859734839 p. 60
- ↑ Robson p. 12
- ^ Robson p. 104
- ↑ IMdB: No One Likes Us, We Don't Care
- ↑ Tom Smithies: Fearsome fans take on rioters Daily Telegraph, Aug. 11, 2011
- ^ Richard Giulianotti and Michael Gerrard: Cruel Britannia? in: Gary Armstrong, Richard Giulianotti (eds.): Fear and loathing in world football Berg, 2001 ISBN 1859734634 p. 34
- ↑ Bill Leckie: No one likes em .. no bloody wonder , The Sun November 9, 2009
- ^ Dan Hodges: No one likes Ed Miliband. But he doesn't care. , September 27, 2011
literature
- Garry Robson: No one likes us, we don't care: the myth and reality of Millwall fandom . Berg, 2000, ISBN 1859733727